General thoracic surgical training: The future is bright, but there will be bumps ahead

Will There be a Future for the RBO?

Thinking about the future of the RBO automatically leads to reflection on the future of our specialty, since it is certain that the RBO will be responsible for publicizing this future. Taking a light but critical tone, I reflected on the progress of orthopedics over the last few years, by asking: In what way have we evolved? Is there much to be done? Recently, we commemorated the hundredth anni...

The future nephrology workforce: will there be one?

Interest in nephrology as a career is declining and has been on the decline for nearly one decade. From 2002 to 2009, all internal medicine subspecialties except geriatric medicine increased the number of available fellowship positions. However, only two subspecialties attracted fewer United States medical graduates (USMGs) in 2009 than in 2002: geriatric medicine and nephrology. This drop occu...

Will He Be There?

This paper focuses on an unsettling example of experimental labour - the Human Landing Catch (HLC). The HLC is a cheap and reliable technique to produce data on mosquito densities in a defined area. It requires only a human volunteer to sit over night with his legs exposed, a headlamp to spot mosquitoes, and a rubber tube and plastic cup to catch them as they come to feed on him. The HLC formed...

Is the future of Romanian gastroenterology training bright?

There's a will but is there a way?